WATCHING A WHALE HUNT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14824, 30 October 1911, Page 8

WATCHING A WHALE HUNT.

AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. : "

The residents of Eden (N.S.W.) were treated to some excitement on Sunday. . week, when six whales paid a visit to Two* || fold Bay. The first to arrive were a pair of largo bumpers, so called on . account of their shape. • They cruised at the distance of 3 stone's throw from the shore for fully half' an-hour before the whaling boats appeared, and the -killers would not attack until tb§ ] arrival of the boats.

When the first boat came along its occupants soon made • fast to one whale, who y towed the party rapidly around the bay several times, and then made for the sea. . - At this point, by some means, the ropa • . got caught by ono of the killers, . and was pulled from the boat, and consequently tha

whale was lost. , , A bomb was fired into the other, but i» also escaped. ' Both were badly wounded, and it was stated- by experienced persons * ' that they would certainly die from t"8 i effects of their wounds. '•••"• '• ' In the afternoon the whaleboat made fa-® iM to another whale, and an exciting followed. This one also made for the sea*. ,_<j 1 On reaching deep water it sounded deep 07» 'with the - result that the boatsmen. • . compelled for their own safety to cut,B*>y-, >'?/.■ the line and let the whale go. . : ' * During the chase two other whales wer« seen r playing ■; about the bay, _ but as to® whalers had lost all their gear in. the pi*? 1 * ous chases they could not hunt them. Two motor* boats filled with spectator followed the hale boats, and the foresbW ij were lined with excited spectators.'•;